Worklife - The Persistent

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Worklife

Women Still Face a ‘Broken Rung’ to Promotion

A new report shows that women still face systemic barriers to being promoted.

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Worklife

In Paris, I’m an American First, a Black Woman Second

At first, Paris appeared to be a city where race didn’t matter. But things weren’t all they seemed.

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Working While Female

What Every Mid-Career Woman Needs To Know About Finding a Job

You can't control government policy or corporate hiring, but you can control your search strategy.

Women at Work

We’ve Been Here Before: What You Need to Know About the Viral LinkedIn Name-Changing Trend

The latest LinkedIn trend that has women changing their gender or name in their profiles makes a point, but it’s a point as old as time. What we need is real change.

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Women at Work

‘I Don't Invest in Mothers’—8 Female Founders on the Most Outrageous Things Male Investors Ever Said to Them

From being asked about kids and marriage to fending off kisses, here’s what women have to deal with when trying to start a company.

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Women at Work

'996' is The Latest Silicon Valley Presenteeism Fad. Women Need Not Apply.

Hustle culture is nothing new, but this time motivation for the fad, which has been banned in China after at least one employee died, hinges on fear.

Women at Work

In New York’s Ratland, the Glass Cliff is Alive and Well

How a sorry affair over rats reflects an even sorrier state of women’s equality.

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Women at Work

Flexible Work Is a Great Idea. If Only Everyone Would Use It.

Unless workplace culture changes too, flexible working can end up widening inequalities instead of closing them.

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Technology

Five Tech Pioneers Who Should Be As Famous as Zuckerberg and Bezos

These five women should be as famous—and well off—as Silicon Valley's finest.

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Women at Work

How Back to School Puts Working Moms in an Impossible Bind

The mismatch of days off between schools and workplaces is an annual puzzle. It’s moms who bear the brunt.

Women at Work

Moms: Proving, Yet Again, They're Just As Dedicated

If employers want to retain talent, they need to build cultures that truly support mothers without penalizing ambition.

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Women at Work

When Your Boss Tells You to Come In 5 Days a Week, Here’s What You Can Say

After five years of work from home, return-to-office mandates are everywhere. But research shows that nobody really benefits—not even businesses.

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Women at Work

Permission to Fail

Failing is as much a part of freelancing as bragging about working from home in pajamas. But we don't all fail equally.

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Women at Work

How I Met Your Other

Why, by dint of a husband being important, does his wife somehow become a less-than, no matter her qualifications?

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Women at Work

The Compelling Case for Careful Self-Promotion

Women are told to lean in and dare to lead, to be a girlboss and to speak up. But nothing is easy about this. And none of it is risk-free.

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Worklife

When You're The Only Woman in The Room

A new report shows a fifth of women are the "only" woman in the room at work. At the current rate it will take two generations for women to stop being the odd one out.